Date: Thu, 18 May 2000 10:30:04 +0100 From: Ben Smithurst <ben@scientia.demon.co.uk> To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: better than pine? Message-ID: <20000518103004.J21557@strontium.scientia.demon.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <20000518024350.F16497@physics.iisc.ernet.in> References: <Pine.BSF.4.10.10005162201530.75114-100000@home.offwhite.net> <200005171727.KAA09714@cortex.NSMA.Arizona.EDU> <20000517202936.H21557@strontium.scientia.demon.co.uk> <20000518024350.F16497@physics.iisc.ernet.in>
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Rahul Siddharthan wrote: > Well it does have a crude HTML parser, a built-in editor, and a > mechanism to directly send mail to a server via SMTP. Good work to the Pine team then, three things which do NOT belong in a MUA. HTML parsing code belongs in a web browser, editing abilities belong in uh, an editor, and SMTP code belongs in the MTA. Don't these people know this is Unix where you have small programs which do specific things well?? But this is off-topic now, so I'll shut up. > And it's very newbie-friendly. That I can agree with. I personally hate it, but I can see that its menus are easier for newbies than Mutt's key combinations (which are easier for me, but I'm used to it). -- Ben Smithurst / ben@scientia.demon.co.uk / PGP: 0x99392F7D To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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